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John G. Papianou is a partner in the Litigation Department of Montgomery McCracken. John concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, with particular emphasis on consumer class actions involving claims under state consumer protection statutes. He has counseled and represented numerous clients in consumer class actions across the country.

If you want to enforce an arbitration clause and class action waiver, don’t bury it on the 97th page of a product manual. Instead, make sure consumers have reasonable notice of it. That’s the lesson from the Third Circuit’s decision in Noble v. Samsung Electronics… Read More

The United States Supreme Court has reversed a California appellate court’s refusal to enforce an arbitration provision in a contract, concluding that the court’s decision is incompatible with the Federal Arbitration Act and prior Supreme Court precedent. The case, DirecTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, __ S.… Read More

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Third Circuit Rules That Whether a Contract Permits Classwide Arbitration is for the District Court, not the Arbitrator, to Decide

In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit has ruled that the district court, not an arbitrator, should decide whether classwide arbitration is available under a contract with an arbitration clause. Opalinski v. Robert Half International Inc., No. 12-4444, 2014 WL 3733685 (3d Cir.… Read More